Hat and umbrella holder



' J. M. THOMAS.

HAT AND UMBRELLA HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 30, 1921.

Patented June 27, 1922 Jfzn M 7710mm.

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PATENT QFFEQEQ JOHN M. THOMAS, or amnion, Iowa.

HAT AND UMBRELLA HOIiDER.

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Application filed April 30, 1921. Serial No; 465,733.

This invention relates to article holders and particularly to hat and umbrella holders. Y v p The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character capable of being;

readily applied to the bottom of a seat or like support, and wherein ahat as well as an umbrella may be supported within conven ient reach. V I Another object is to provide a device of this character wherein'hats of various sizes and shapes may be conveniently supported by the holder, as it is capable of yielding to accommodate the hat.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character whereinthe'parts arranged to support hats also includemeans for supporting an umbrella substantially in a horizontal position in spaced relation tothe hat.

W ith these and other objects in view the invention consists inthe improved construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more particularly described, full claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of the sup port, showing the invention applied,

Figure 2 is a side elevation partly in section.

Figure 3 is a side elevation looking from the opposite direction to that of the structure shown in Figure 2 partly in section, and

Figure 4 is an endelevation.

Referring tothe drawings 4 designates a support such as the seat of a church pew, theater chair or shelf. The holder comprises two parts 5 and 6, each part consisting of a single length of resilient material such as wire, the part 5 having its end portion 7 extended back upon the body portion of said length with the extremity of said end inolined upwardly and then extended substan tially in spaced parallel relation to the body portion of said length. In this way the bend of the end portion 7 permits yielding movement of the body member. The end portion 8 of the part or length 5 is extended in the opposite direction to that of the-end portion 7 substantially in angular relation to the body portion of said length and then outwardly and upwardly to form a loop 9, said loop being disposed substantially at right angles to the curve end portion 7 and the body portion of the part 5. The extremity 10 of the end portion 8 is inclined or extended upwardly and then disposed substantially in parallel relation to the body portion of the length 5' to provide supporting means for'said end.

A pair of socket members 11 are provided, I

each of said members consisting of a body member havinga slot 12 extending transbody member, the opposite end and intermediate portion of'the body member having openings for the reception of screws 18 or llkefastemng'means. These sockets are secured to the bottom of the support 4: sub stantially in offsetrelation to each other, one 0f said members being adapted to receive'the extremity of the endportion 7 while the other member is adapted to re-' Specification of Letters Patent, Patented June 2'? 1922. t

I versel-y-thoreof-a-nd adjacent one end ofthe ceive the extremity of the end portion 8 of tremities of the part 5 project a considerable di'stancebeyond the socket member so the part 5. It will be noted that tlie ex- The remaining part 6 of the device consists of a length of resilient material, preferably wire, having its end portion 14 curved slightly beyond the plane of the body portion of the length, and having its extremity 15. formedsubstantially into an eye adapted to receive a screw 16 or like fastening means. The opposite end portion 17 of the part 6 is curved substantially back upon the body portion of part 6, extended upwardly substantially at right angles to the body member and then extended in parallel relation to the body member and bent to provide an eye 18 adapted to receive a screw 19 or like fastening'means. The remainer of said end portion is then extended downwardly below the body member of the part 6 and then upwardly to form a relatively large hook 20, the hook 20 being disposed substantially on alignment with the loop 9 of the part 5. It will be noted that the body portions of each of the parts 5 and 6 are disposed in spaced relation to the support a through the novel arrangement of the end portions of said parts.

In view of the curvature of the end portions of these parts, a hat of any size may be readily engaged with the parallel body portions 5 and 6, and as these parts are resilient, they will readily yield to the shape and size of the hat- Withont causing injury or permitting the hat to become accidentally disengaged. At the same time, the end portion 8 of the part 5 and the end portion 1? of the part 6 are curved in opposite directions so as to provide an unobtrusive entrance to the holder for the hat. It Will be noted that the entrance to the loop 9 of the part 5 is restricted so as to prevent accidental disengagement of the article positioned in the loop. The loop as above described is disposed substantially in alignment with the book 20 and is adapted to receive one end of an umbrella or cane, the handle of the umbrella or cane being engaged with the loop 9 so as to position the same substantially in a horizontal position beneath the support in spaced relation to the floor and the hat supported'by the parts 5 and 6.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that this invention provides a. novel device for supporting hats of various sizes as Well as umbrellas and canes, it being possible, in view of the particular construction of the loop 9 and hook 20, for the device to sup port one or more umbrellas or canes. Another important featnre is that the end portion 7 of the part 5 and end portion 14 of the part 6 are so positioned that they do not interfere with each other so that the yieldable movement of the device is not interfered With. In addition to this the parts 5 and 6 can be constructed from a single length of resilient material and while these parts are not connected to each other, they cooperate to efficiently support an article engaged therewith, and by making the parts 5 and 6 separate they can be readily adjusted to suit the purpose of the user.

What is claimed is A holder of the character described comprising a base member, a resilient supporting member having one end portion thereof curved back upon the body portion of said member, and then extended in angular relation to said member and secured to the base member, the opposite end portion of said member being extended in the opposite diporting member being curved to one side and then extended upwardly and secured to the bore member, the remainder of the last mentioned end portion being extended upwardly and formed into a hook, said book being disposed substantially in alignment With the loop of the first mentioned supporting member.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JOHN M. THOMAS- 

